Rail-tie and fastener.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

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S. L. ANDERSON. RAIL TIB AND FA-STENER.

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SAMUEL L. ANDERSON, OF KANAIVHA STATION, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-TIE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nee. 25, 1906.

Application tiled March 13, 1906. Serial No. 305.822.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL L. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kanawha Station, in the county of l/Vood and State of WestVirginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Ties andFasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail-ties and fasteners, the object of theinvention being to provide a hollow metallic railway-tie andrail-fastening means carried by the tie and having rovision whereby thedistance between t e rails may be accurately adjusted and the adjustmentmaintained in a perfectly-reliable manner, the parts by which theadjustment is eiiiected being locked against displacement.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby adjacentties are braced relatively to each other, the bracing means being heldby part of the mechanism by which the rails are held in place upon theties.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will morefully appear as the description roceeds, the invention consists in thenove construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a broken sectional elevationof a road-bed, showing one of the ties and the rail-fastening means.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, one of the rails beingomitted. Fig. 3is a vertical longitudinal section through one end of a tie, showing arail mounted thereon and the fastening means therefor. Fig. 4 is an endview of one of the ties, showing a rail fastened thereto and a portionof one of the tieplates. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one endof a tie-plate. Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the bracing-webs. Fig.7is a detailperspective view of one of the nutlocks. Fig. 8 is a similarview of one of the fastening-bolts.

The tie consists of a hollow metallic body 1, preferably rectangular orsquare in crosssection to provide`flat top and bottom surfaces andparallel sides. -At or near one end the tie has mounted upon its upper.face a rail-chair 2, consisting of a plate of suitable length andhaving a width equal to that of the tie, as shown in Figs. l and 2, saidplate bein provided upon its upper side with paralle cleats 3, the inneredges of which form bearing-shoulders forl the opposite edges of thebase of the rail, as shown in Fig. 1. Holes 4 extend through the cleatsand top of the tie to receive the upturned ends 5 of stirrupbolts 6,which are substantially U-sha ed, the body portion of each bolt lyinorwitlfiin the hollow tie, as shown in Fig. 1. l Nuts 7 upon the upperends of said bolts overhan and bear against the base-flange of the raandsecurely retain the same in place between the cleats 3. Adjacent tiesare provided in their inner faces with vertical slots 8 to receive theopposite ends of a tie-plate 9, the said plate extending across thespace between two adjacent ties, with'the ends thereof projecting intosaid ties in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The width of the tie-plate 9 isequal to the distance between th top and bottom sides of the tie, andwithin each tie the tie-plate is provided with slots 10, through whichthe stirrup-bolts 6 pass, the tie-plate thus forming an anchor for saidstirrup-bolts, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1V and 4. Between the slots6 a hand-hole 11 is provided to give access to the diierent fasteners bywhich the rails and chairs are held in place on the tie.

The tie-plate is provided at its opposite ends with bolt extensions 12,which pass through openings provided therefor in the outer sides of thetie and receive retainingnuts 13. In this way adjacent ties are lockedtogether and braced relatively to each other. Interposed between thenuts 7 at each side of the rail is a nut-lock plate 14, which just iillsthe space between the nuts and bears against the same to prevent thenuts from working loose. The nut -lock plate 14 has anoutwardly-extending shank 15, which is formed with a hole to receive abolt and nut 16, said bolt passing through a hole or slot 17 in the topof the tie, so as to provide for adjusting the nut-lock in properrelation to the nuts 7.

The tie is provided at the opposite end roo with a chair similar inshape to the chair 2, above described, but composed of an upperadjustable section 18 anda lower fixed section 1 9, which is secured tothe tie by means of the bolt-s 16, hereinabove described. The inner Theupper chair-section 18 is provided with x lo upwardly-extending ribs 21forming bearing; shoulders for the opposite edges of the baseflange ofthe rail, the rail being held in place between said shoulders by meansof nuts 22 on the upper ends of fastening-bolts 23, which pass downwardthrough the ribs 21 and also through the fixed chair-section 19 and topof the tie, as shown in Fig. 3. The top side of the tie and the fixedchair-section 19 are both slotted longitudinally, as shown at 24, toadmit of the movement of' the securing-bolts 23 to provide Jforadjusting the movable chair-section 18 lengthwise of the tie for thepurpose of adjusting the dist-ance between the rails, and in thisconnection it will be not-ed that the bolts 23 have flattened andelongated Shanks 25, which rest in the slots 24 and prevent said boltsfrom turning, while screwing the nuts 22 downward thereon and againstthe base-ange of the rail. Where the outer bolts 16 pass through themovable chair-section, said movable chair-section is slotted, as shownlat 17, in order to admit of the lengthwise adjustment of said movable-chair-section, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Within the end of the tie just beneath the rail, held by the adjustablechair-section 18, is placed a bracing-web 26, which just fills the spacebetween the top and bottom and side walls oi the tie, as indicatedinFigs. 3 and 6, said web being provided with a central hand-hole 27 andhaving oppositely-proj ecting .studs 28, which are received i-ncorresponding openings in the opposite sides of the tie, said studsbeing preferably extended through the walls of the tie and riveted, as

shown at 29, sai-d web forming a brace for the tie and enabling the sameto be made of comparatively thin material, said web also forming asupport located directly beneath the center of the superimposed rail, asshown in Fig. 3.

Between the top ed e ofthe tie-plate 9 and the superimposedrai ends isplaced a cappiece yor filler, comprising a body portion 30, which fillsthe space between the plate 9 and the base of the rails, andoppositely-arranged flanges 31, which extend downward on opposite sidesofthe tie-plate 9 and serve to hold the cap-piece or filler in pla-ce.Said capp-iece or iiller stiffens the joint, forming a iirm andeffective support for the rail ends between the ties and making therailway as strong and durable at such point as at any point in thelength thereof. lt will be understood that the tie-plates 9 are usedonly at the points where the joints occur and also thatthe-stirrup-bolts are used only at the places where the tie-plates areemployed, ordinary bolts being used at other points along the'rails. Itwill Jfurther be understood that where the tie-plates 9 are not used thebracing-webs 26 will be employed instead of said tie-plates. Where thestirrup-bolts 6 ass through the top of the tie and the chair, the

tie will be provided with slots 32, so as to accommodate rails ofdiii'erent sizes and different widths of base-llanges.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the tie isindividually and eilectively braced, also that adjacent ties may beeffectively braced relatively to each other, also that the distancebetween the rails may be adjusted to the proper gage, and that when theadjustment is effected the parts providing for such adjustment aresecurely locked and prevented from working loose. It will further beseen that the stirrup-bolts which hold the rails in place on the tiealso serve to secure the ends of the tie-plates within the ties, thetie-plates forming anchors for the stirrup-bolt.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

I claim- 1. The combination with adjacent metallic railway-ties, oftie-plates extending parallel to the rails and connecting said ties anddisposed edgewise vertically with their ends inserted into the ties andsecured within the same.

2. The combination with adjacent hollow metal ties provided withvertical slots in their inner adjacent walls, of tie-plates eX- tendingparallel to the rails and connectin the ties and having their endsinserte through said slots, and fastening means within the ties forsecuring the tie-plates thereto.

3. The combination with hollow metal railway-ties having vertical slotsin their adjacent walls, of tie-plates extending between the ties andhaving their ends inserted through said slots, and stirrup-bolts passingthrough the ends of said tie-plates within the ties, the extremities ofthe stirrup-bolts passing upward through the top of the tie and beingsecured thereto.

4. The combination with adjacent hollow metallic railway-ties havingvertical slots in their'inner adjacent walls, of tie-plates extendingbetween the ties and having their ends inserted through said slots intothe ties, rails resting on the ties, and stirrup-bolts passing throughthe inserted ends of the tieplates and extending upward at oppositesides of the rail and provided with nuts which bear against thebase-flanges of the rail, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a hollow metallic railwaytie of rectangularcross-sectional shape, of a bracing-web mounted in the tie beneath therail-seat and provided with oppcsitely-extending studs which arereceived in openings provided therefor in the opposite walls of the tie,substantially as described.

6. The combination with a hollow metallic IOO l which pass through bothsections and also I through the top of the tie. Io In testnnony whereofI affix my s1gnature l in presence of two Witnesses.

l SAMUEL L. ANDERSON.

wvitnesses z H. BRUCE WEST,

| J. A. ANDERSON.

